PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Knowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Sable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Knowles
vs
Sable

197 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
148 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antonio Knowles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Sable!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Chris Dean and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knowles blocks a head kick by Sable.

Sable darts in and clinches Knowles up against the cage.
Sable with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The referee calls for Knowles to work.
Sable using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knowles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knowles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knowles takes a knee right on the jaw!

Sable lands a takedown into guard.

Knowles kicks Sable off and gets to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sable tries to close the distance and clinch but Knowles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knowles feinted with a counter takedown.

Knowles clinches.
Knowles dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sable wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Sable breaks the clinch.
Sable moves in looking to clinch but Knowles pushes him off.
Jon Sable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sable tries to clinch but Knowles moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sable moves into the clinch successfully.
Sable throws a punch but it's blocked by Knowles.
Sable landing knees to the head.
Sable trying to land knees to the body.
Sable is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knowles is defending well for now.

Sable breaks the clinch.

Sable clinches up with Knowles and pushes him back against the cage.
Sable is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knowles is defending well for now.
Knowles tries to circle away but Sable has him pinned against the cage.
Sable tries to land knees in the clinch but Knowles avoids the damage to the body.
Knowles is trying to break free.

Sable gets control of Knowles's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sable will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Knowles is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Knowles throws a big elbow that misses.
Sable avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knowles won't allow Sable to get back to his feet.
Sable working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Knowles.
Knowles really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Knowles loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sable is looking to sweep but instead, Knowles has passed into half guard.
Knowles controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Knowles forces Sable back against the cage and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Sable.

Sable breaks the clinch.

Sable has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sable looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Sable lands a takedown into guard.
Knowles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Knowles controlling the position.
Knowles's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Knowles uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knowles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knowles went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sable tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knowles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knowles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sable throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knowles tries to work over Sable's front leg with a kick but Sable checks it.

Sable gets tackled into the cage by Knowles. Knowles maintains the clinch.
The referee calls for Knowles to work.

Sable manages to break the clinch.
Sable lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knowles circles away quickly and effectively.
Sable tries to clinch but Knowles moves out of range.
Knowles appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sable misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sable looks winded!

Knowles drives through and clinches with Sable against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jon Sable will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knowles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Antonio Knowles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sable moves into the clinch successfully.
Knowles taking a breather.
Jon Sable seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knowles working hard to break the clinch.
Sable displaying some good clinch control by pressing Knowles up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Knowles takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A knee to the head by Sable.
Knowles keeps control of Sable as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Knowles is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sable can't fight it off and eventually Knowles manages to take the fight to the floor. Sable looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Knowles controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowles postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Knowles controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Further stalling from Knowles.

Knowles decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Knowles rushes Sable and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sable as Knowles tries to tie him up.
Sable lands a nice elbow.
Knowles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A bit of stalling here from Knowles.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sable.
Sable throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knowles blocks it with crossed arms.
Knowles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Sable breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knowles slips a jab and a cross from Sable.
Sable doesn't manage to clinch there - Knowles circles away.

Sable shoots in and gets a takedown into Knowles's guard.
Knowles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Knowles has his feet on Sable's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sable is breathing heavily.
Sable tries to clinch but Knowles moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sable blocks the body kick.
Sable tries to clinch but Knowles moves away

and Knowles counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sable!
Sable pushes Knowles away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Knowles gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sable being controlled for a moment.
Knowles misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowles postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sable seems a little lost for a moment, as Knowles dominates the positioning.
Knowles tries to score with some ground and pound. Sable controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sable can't do much from the bottom here.

Sable explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Knowles fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sable, pushing him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Knowles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Antonio Knowles will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sable gets caught flat footed, as Knowles shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Knowles cracks Sable with a solid left hand.
Knowles is looking to work some ground and pound but Sable has wrist control.
Knowles not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Knowles is stinking the place up with his stalling.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knowles has closed the distance and engaged Sable in a clinch.

Knowles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Knowles closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Knowles controlling the pace.
Knowles thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sable's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knowles seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sable is trying to get back to full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Knowles sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sable gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sable is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Sable breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knowles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sable looks to land a combination but Knowles avoids it well.
Sable takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Knowles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sable connects with a knee to the head.

Knowles pulls guard.
Sable wants to stand and escape but instead Knowles has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Knowles distracts Sable with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowles content to stall in guard here.
Knowles throwing strikes from guard but Sable blocks nicely.
Knowles is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sable wants to get back to his feet but Knowles is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Knowles showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Knowles has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!